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Trepan   Listen
noun
Trepan  n.  
1.
(Surg.) A crown-saw or cylindrical saw for perforating the skull, turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet. See Trephine.
2.
(Mining) A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.






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"Trepan" Quotes from Famous Books



... Snarler was too severe upon the young man; and, turning towards me, told me I need not be afraid, for nobody would do me any harm: then, bidding me take time to recollect myself, he examined me, touching the operation of the trepan, and was very well satisfied with my answers. The next person who questioned me was a wag, who began by asking if I had ever seen amputation performed; and I replying in the affirmative, he shook ...
— The Adventures of Roderick Random • Tobias Smollett



Words linked to "Trepan" :   surgical instrument, surgery, bore, trephine



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